I have this cough thing worse I ever had , have always been healthy , just wondering how big this is

It just happened boom is our air bad

Quoting: Goofy for God

My daughter lives on a barrier island in New Jersey where Super Storm Sandy hit. There was much destruction, but her home was basically okay. It needed some minor repairs.

When she and people go to visit their homes on the island, they come away with a cough. Perhaps mold or destroyed building materials are in the air. A few of these towns have given the people, with homes standing, the okay to move back in this week because the gas lines have been repaired, water is running, and electricity is available now.

Quoting: nutmeg

Nutmeg, Aspergilliosis which is a fungus is a common problem around decaying wood, or around construction and demolition sites. Construction workers get it all the time. Usually people get it when their immune system are depressed. The spores are very common, but ordinarily people's immune systems are strong enough to control the spores and their growth inside a human body.

When a fungal infection affects the lungs, it causes an immune reaction. They leaves a telltale signature which can be cheaply detected by testing for IgE and IgG, an immunoglobin. [link to emedicine.medscape.com] Looking at peer reviewed medical website like emedicine, you'll find other docs talking to docs about their patients symptoms and trying to discern what's really going on.

This disease should be ruled out or in by careful analysis of the patients in the Sandy area, because it's plausible that is could issues. Sometimes medical personnel get lazy. You'll hear docs say, "Is it a horse or is it a zebra?" That means, is it common or rare? They look at the most common plausible causes first, and if not careful, they'll overlook aspergilliosis because they're hurrying.